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American Nationalism and the Pan-American Sporting Stage American Nationalism and the Pan-American Sporting Stage
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Jean Patton’s Jolt at the 1950 Los Angeles Coliseum Relays Jean Patton’s Jolt at the 1950 Los Angeles Coliseum Relays
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The Contested Visions of American Women’s Athleticism The Contested Visions of American Women’s Athleticism
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Expanding the Boundaries of Belonging in Buenos Aires Expanding the Boundaries of Belonging in Buenos Aires
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Jean Patton and the Gender of Black American Athleticism Jean Patton and the Gender of Black American Athleticism
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Black Women Track Stars, the Antithesis of the American Way Black Women Track Stars, the Antithesis of the American Way
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Age, Assurance, and American Women’s Athleticism Age, Assurance, and American Women’s Athleticism
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Imagining Ideal Women’s Athleticism Imagining Ideal Women’s Athleticism
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The Aspirations, Achievements, and Anxieties of American Track Women The Aspirations, Achievements, and Anxieties of American Track Women
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Black Women Athletes and Early Cold War Black America Black Women Athletes and Early Cold War Black America
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Black Women Athletes and Early Cold War American Culture Black Women Athletes and Early Cold War American Culture
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2 Sprints of Citizenship: Identity Politics and Black Women’s Athleticism, 1951–1952
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Published:November 2020
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Abstract
This chapter examines how the performances of black women athletes at the 1951 Pan-American Games and 1952 Olympic Games made it difficult for the institutions of mainstream American sport to advance an uncontested image of American identity. Due to the conditions of the Cold War, the United States Olympic Committee and Amateur Athletic Union became more committed to using athletes to advertise the believed superiority of American democracy. Because of their race and gender, black women track stars disrupted this project, inserting blackness and femaleness into the image of Americanness through their accomplishments. In doing so, they also demonstrated that sport, despite its conservative connotations, served as a rare cultural space in which black American women could display their capacity and autonomy.
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